{"id":1677,"date":"2013-01-03T00:18:02","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T00:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/?p=1677"},"modified":"2013-01-03T00:18:02","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T00:18:02","slug":"my-year-in-pictures-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/?p=1677","title":{"rendered":"My Year in Pictures: 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time once again for my annual audit; to look back at the places I\u2019ve been and the people I\u2019ve met during 2012. The pictures I\u2019ve pulled together in the gallery below represent my most memorable moments, not those that have necessarily made the headlines.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n[portfolio_slideshow]<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nDuring the Summer I got the opportunity to photograph the Olympics for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/\">The Independent on Sunday<\/a>, a highlight for any photographer especially in their home city. London came alive and I had a front row seat to watch both the opening and closing ceremonies; Jess Ennis winning on \u201cSuper Saturday\u201d and Usain Bolt in the 100 Meters.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nPortraits are my bread and butter and this year I met several icons. From Jo Lumley smothering me in lipstick to mistakenly shaking Ice T\u2019s fist, this year\u2019s crop have proved an eclectic bunch.  One of my more interesting encounters was with inventor Trevor Bayliss, who I visited on his island in the middle of the Thames.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nSo, that\u2019s it. Thanks to those who have given me commissions and everyone I met along the way. Here\u2019s to more adventures in 2013!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nA couple of my colleagues have done similar roundups, see <a href=\"http:\/\/bencawthra.wordpress.com\/\">Ben Cawthra<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonneal.com\/blog\/portfolio\/item\/the-2012-photo-review\/\">Leon Neal<\/a> for some excellent work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time once again for my annual audit; to look back at the places I\u2019ve been and the people I\u2019ve met during 2012. The pictures I\u2019ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1677"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1692,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1677\/revisions\/1692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}